PANEL FIGHTS AG GAG BILL IN SENATE HEARING

Panel founder and representative Graeme McEwen appeared on Friday 15 May 2015 in Canberra at a hearing of the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs convened to consider Senator Chris Back’s private member’s Bill to introduce an ag gag law in Australia.

Graeme appeared with Emmanuel Giuffre of Voiceless and Dr Rosemary Elliott of Sentient, the Veterinary Institute for Animal Ethics.

Graeme’s brief opening at 2h.45m.10s, deals with further technical deficiencies in the Bill, such as that the Bill provides for a person’s belief to be answerable in the criminal law and that the conduct giving rise to the threshold offence is not defined with any certainty. Spirited exchanges followed up to 2h.57m.43; and again from 3h.16m.46s to 3h.25m.20s. Graeme made a brief closing statement at 3h.39m.07s.

BAWP Logo

The BAWP logo symbolises a barrister standing before the scales of justice. The scales of justice are depicted at the top of the logo and the inverse triangle at the foot of the logo represents the row of curls, known as 'buckles', at the back of the wig together with its looped tail.